Proverbial Wisdom
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
547.
A Briton, even in love, should be
A subject, not a slave.
Poems founded on the Affections
548. It will never out of the flesh that’s bred in the bone.
Every Man in his Humour (Downright), Act II,
Scene I
549.
All who joy would win
Must share it, — Happiness was born a twin.
Don Juan, Can. II, St. 172
550. Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions.
Ethical Philosophy
551.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in,
Bear’t that the opposed may beware of thee.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
552. What better school for manners, than the company of virtuous women?
Essay XIV, The Rise of Arts and Sciences